On DEI - the purpose is exactly that. You want to see how well someone can navigate the landmines. Any thoughtful person probably: 1. Agrees in principle that

On DEI - the purpose is exactly that. You want to see how well someone can navigate the landmines. Any thoughtful person probably: 1. Agrees in principle that DEI is important, and that cultural, racial, ethnic, linguistic, economic diversity makes organizations/communities/people better and 2. has some criticism or concerns about how DEI is typically implemented in practice. It takes a lot of tact to express #2 in a way that it won't get you or your company canceled. Especially in a tech company, with all the moral scrutiny the industry has come under lately, the private opinion of one employee can become a very public and embarrassing matter. For that reason, I think asking a DEI question in an interview is more to see "is this person going to be a liability for us or do they know how to talk about difficult topics without pissing anybody off?"